Islamabad, August 27(ANI): The tardy pace of the proceedings in the Salmaan Taseer assassination case "may well have encouraged" the abductors of Shahbaz Taseer into believing that they can get away with it, an editorial in a Pakistani newspaper has said.
Shahbaz, the son of slain former Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, was abducted on gunpoint by unknown men in broad daylight from Lahore's Gulburg area on Friday.
In January, Salmaan Taseer, a liberal politican, was shot dead by one of his own bodyguard for championing the case of Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was sentenced to death last November for allegedly committing blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.
"It is a sad comment on the justice system that the Supreme Court's suo motu notice produced a death sentence for the Rangers involved in the Sarfaraz Shah murder in Karachi within a month, but in Salmaan Taseer's open and shut case with a self-confessed murderer, seven months have passed but the case is not being dealt with any despatch," the Daily Times editorial said.
Had Salmaan's murderer been administered swift and deserved justice by now, perhaps the right message would have gone out to [assassin] Mumtaz Qadri's ilk that such blatant murderous intent and actions would invite the full sanction of the law, it pointed out.
"Instead, the tardy pace of the proceedings in that case may well have encouraged such elements into believing they can get away with it," it added.
That view may be reinforced by the lack of closure in Federal Minister Shahbaz Bhatti's assassination as well, said the editorial.
"It is now incumbent on the Punjab government and the provincial and federal law enforcement authorities to ensure the safe and unharmed recovery of Shahbaz Taseer. His family has already suffered grievously. We need to apply balm to their wounds, not sprinkle salt on them," it added. (ANI)
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